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Thanksgiving day is a jewel to set in the hearts of honest men;
but be careful that you do not take the day and leave out the gratitude.
– E.P. Powell
1. Thanksgiving with family
2. road trips
3. “history of food” shows – I love learning all about where nachos and donuts and Tootsie Rolls come from!
I hope you’re all celebrating with loved ones today, and I wish you a very happy Thanksgiving!
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.
– G.K. Chesterton
So, I took a little hiatus from this feature, though I’m not really sure why. In any event, it’s back, so let’s get to it.
1. Macaroni and cheese
2. Getting some Christmas shopping done early.
3. An honest day’s work
That’s what I’m happy about this week – what about you?
My soul is full of whispered song;
my blindness is my sight;
The shadows that I feared so long
are all alive with light.
– Dying Hymn, by Alice Cary
Today, the happiness is hard to find, so let’s focus on things I’m grateful for:
1. that a wonderful, smart, kind woman isn’t in pain anymore
2. that she had the best possible care — in her own home, which she loved so much — until the very end
3. that the people who loved her had the opportunity — one not afforded to many — to make sure she knew how much she was loved
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
– Sir Edmund Hillary
1. the ability to accept the help that is available to you
2. sleeping with the windows open, and the resulting decreased electricity bill
3. having more money than you have bills
These are the things I’m thankful for this week. How about you?
Farewell, my sister, fare thee well,
The elements be kind to thee, and make
Thy spirits all of comfort: fare thee well.
– from Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare
1. the chance to say goodbye
2. seeing something you’ve committed to bear results
3. gift cards
What are you grateful for this week?
If dreams are like movies
then memories are films about ghosts
– Counting Crows, Mrs. Potter’s Lullaby
1. going through old memories
2. clearing out clutter
3. finally getting the guest room in full order, after 6 months
How about you? What are you happy about this week?
P.S. I know I haven’t posted the rest of our trip – or anything but Three Things recently – and I’m sorry. I just haven’t felt motivated to take the time to do it. Hopefully I’ll get around to it soon.
(I am digging that alliteration!)
Cooking is like love: It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.
– Harriet Van Horne
1. trying new recipes
2. a friendly game of softball with co-workers (and Team A (my team) won – of course, because the A stands for awesome!)
3. the familiar ache in your muscles the day after you lift weights
What are you happy about this week?
Oh! ‘darkly, deeply, beautifully blue’
As someone somewhere sings about the sky
– Lord Byron
It’s a supersized edition to make up for last week! Here’s what I’ve got:
1. this very recent picture of the Princess (probably my favorite that I’ve ever taken of her):
2. the (truly) vintage wedding dress my cousin wore for her wedding last weekend – sleek, simple, and gorgeous, and handed down from our moms’ cousin
3. that my mom’s side of the family loved David and that he was included in all our family pictures at the wedding
4. a 10-day road trip with someone you don’t mind spending 10 days in a car with
5. this building on the Chicago River, where I have decided I want to live:
6. seeing three baseball games at three different major league baseball stadiums in three different cities in four days
What are you happy about this week (or what were you happy about last week?)?
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something better tomorrow.
– Orison Swett Marden
1. The nicest pharmacist ever
2. The start of 11 days’ vacation
3. A fancy, executive-length lunch with boss and co-workers, on the boss
What are you happy about today?
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
– Oscar Wilde
1. The season premiere of Project Runway (finally!) – join Duchess Jane’s chat room, if you like; that’s where I’ll be tonight at 9!
2. When the automatic gas pump stops exactly on the dollar
3. Writing in your journal
What are you happy about today?
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